Cigarette tip



Jan. 29; 1935.

W/ TNESSES J. J. SEELMAN CIGARETTE TIP Filed Aug 10,- 1951 L i A A TTOENE, Y

Patented Jan. 29, 1935 UNIT D-"sures PATENT OFFICE 1 1,989,214 CIGARETTETIP John J. Seehnan, Milwaukee,'Wis. Application August 10, 1931, SerialNo.'556,188

3 Claims. (o1. 206- 18)., T

This invention. relates to detached cigarette tips which may befurnished with a package of cigarettes in convenient form for individualremoval and attachment to each cigarette as it is withdrawn from thepackage.

A purpose of the invention is to provide sanitary cigarette tips ofpaper, or other material, that may be folded flat to accompany thepackage of cigarettes without appreciably increasingthe bulk thereof.

An object of the invention is to so shape the detached folded cigarettetip as to facilitate the insertion of the cigarette therein, whileassuring a close tight fit when applied to the cigarette.

Another object is to provide such a tip with tabs or flaps which may befolded inwardly to prevent the tobacco coming into contact with themouth.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists of thedetached cigarette tip as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like characters ofreference indicate the same parts in different views,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an open folder containing cigarette tipsembodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of one of the cigarette tips showing the manner ofinserting the cigarette therein;

Fig. 3 is a View showing the next step of straightening the cigarettefrom its inclined entering position to its axial position ready to havethe tabs or flaps folded inwardly;

Fig. 4 is a view showing the tip after such flaps have been turned inand after the cigarette has been further inserted into the tip againstthe flaps;

Fig. 5 is a view like Fig. 3 with the parts at a quarter of a turn fromthe position therein and showing one flap inserted and the other flapextended;

Fig. 6 is an end view of the cigarette tip with the flaps turned in;

Fig. 7 is a view showing the folder inserted between the outer and innerwrapper of the cigarette package, and

Fig. 8 is a view of a blank suitable for producing a cigarette tip.

In this drawing, 10 indicates a folder of cardboard or the like whichmay be folded upon itself and containing a series of flattened or foldedpaper tubes forming detached cigarette tips 11 arranged in overlappingrelation and each secure- 1y but detachably mounted on the folder insuch a m that h p can be separately removed without disturbing theothers, as by a thin line of paste. The folder preferably has a papertube cigarette tip for each cigarette in the package and is suppliedwith the package of cigarettes, being 5 preferably contained between theinner and outer wrapper thereof, as shown in Fig. 7. As each cigaretteis withdrawn from the package, a folded paper tip is also removed fromthe folder. By pressing with the fingers at the lines along which 10 thetube is folded, it may be extended to the tubular shape, as shown inFig. 2, whereupon the end of the cigarette may be inserted in the tip,the end of the latter being cut at an acute angle to the axis to affordan opening of a size larger 15 than the end of a cigarette, therebyfacilitating the entry of a cigarette therein. Preferably, this anglecut of the tip is in the shape of a compound curve as shown affording apair of rounded lips 12 against which the end of the cigarette is placedto guide it into the tip, but in any event the lines of fold of thepaper tip are in the plane of symmetry of the tube, so that one line offold passes directly through the apex of the angle cut to be centeredbetween the rounded lips 12, thus stiffening the projection againstwhich the cigarette bears as it is entered within the tube. When the endof the cigarette is within the tip, it is straightened into axialalignment with the tip and. further inserted as shown in Fig. 3, thesize of 0 the paper tube forming the tip being such as to form a closefit with the cigarette. At the other end of the tube forming the papertip there is a pair of projecting tabs or flaps formed by cutting thepaper blank to shape as shown in Fig. 8. These tabs or flaps may be ofvarious forms, but preferably they are of dovetail shape as shown, withtheir corners clipped, thereby affording a line of junction with thetube proper shorter than the width of the tab, thus facilitating thefolding of the tab inwardly as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, while at the sametime giving a greater efficiency for the tab as a means for preventingthe tobacco of the cigarette from contacting with the lips or tongue.The shoulders of the tab formed by cutting away the corners thereof formspurs 14 for engaging the inside of the tube when the flap is turnedinwardly, thus retaining the flaps in their inturned position as seen inFig. 6.

The line of junction between the flaps and tubular main portion of thepaper tip may have a line of perforations 15 to facilitate the foldingof the flaps.

The cigarette tips of this invention may be furnished with the packagesof cigarettes without appreciably increasing the size of the package andare readily accessible for use, one being detached from the folder foreach cigarette as it is withdrawn from the package and readily andquickly applied by merely inserting the end of the cigarette therein andthen turning the flaps. When so used, the tips constitute a sanitaryprotection preventing the tobacco coming in contact with the lips andtongue, and serve to maintain the shape of the cigarette where it isheld between the lips. Preferably, the tips are covered with orimpregnated with a moisture proof substance, or the tips may be made ofsuch material.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a folder or card adapted to beinserted between the inner and outer wrappings of a cigarette packageand having cigarette tips comprising paper tubes flattened and securedto said folder or. card and individually separable therefrom with theirends cut obliquely to facilitate the reception of the cigarette endtherein and their other ends cut to form projecting tabs foldable intothe tube to protect the tongue and lips of the smoker from contact withthe tobacco.

2. An article of manufacture, a cigarette package having inner and outerwrappings, and a nat container of paper tips for use with the cigarettesof the package fitting between said wrappings, comprising a card, andpaper tubes folded flat and secured to said card in overlappingrelation, each securely but detachably mounted on the card by a thinline of paste so that it may be separately removed without disturbingthe others.

' 3. An article of manufacture, a flat package of cigarette tips adaptedto lie between the inner and outer wrappings of a cigarette package,comprising a card; and paper tubes forming cigarette tips folded flatand secured to said card in a row, each being detachably mounted on thecard by a thin line of paste and overlapping the others next thereto inthe row so as removal without disturbing the others.

JOHN J. SEELMAN.

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